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Heart to Heart Hospice needs Volunteers in Tell City!!
ORGANIZATION: Heart to Heart Hospice
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Heart to Heart Hospice is looking for Volunteers to help with administarative and patient care. This is such a fun and rewarding opportunity to make a difference in a loved ones life.
Our administrative volunteers can assist their local hospice program with answering calls, making copies, filing, mailings, data entry, putting together admission packets and training materials, or anything that helps to enrich our programs and assist our staff members.
Our direct volunteers can help our patients and families by:
* Visiting patients regularly to provide companionship and/or lift patient’s spirits
* Sitting with patients to relieve families
* Helping with light housekeeping
* Running errands or providing transportation
* Working on life-history projects with patients for families to have
* Providing bereavement or grief support to families after the loss of their loved ones
* Making cards, sewing blankets and creating crafts for social support
* Providing specialized services like pet therapy and music enhancement
* Being patient, kind and reliable
* Being considerate of all beliefs/religious customs
More opportunities with Heart to Heart Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Heart to Heart Hospice
Location:
3559 Newton Street, Jasper, IN 47546, US
Mission Statement
Making a difference by providing compassionate care from our heart to enhance the quality of life for those life limiting illnesses and their loved ones.
Description
Heart to Heart Hospice of Southwest Indiana is looking for volunteers to assist our patients, families and our team in bringing quality hospice care to our community. Hospice volunteers show their compassion and care in many ways by visiting the patient and family at home, in the nursing home, or in the hospital. You may choose to be a Direct Patient Care Volunteer and/or an Administrative Volunteer. Regardless of your choice you are a valuable member of our Heart to Heart team!
Direct Patient Care Activities include but not limited to:
Reading books or news
Running errands
Caregiver relief
Making phone calls
Writing letters
Preparing meals
Companionship activities-life review, hobbies, expressing interests
Playing cards or games
Bereavement activities
Administrative Volunteer Activities include but not limited to:
Answering phones
Filing and light office work
Making deliveries of supplies
Making bereavement calls or patient tuck in calls
Assisting with community relations
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3559 Newton StreetJasper, IN 47546
DATE POSTED
May 17, 2018
SKILLS
- Cosmetology
- Music Therapy
- Knitting
- Quilting
- Sewing
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Once a week to twice a month.
- Must be a caring individual!